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Alnitak
Asked: 2020-09-08 05:02:44 +0800 CST

Are Puppet virtual resources auto-realized if they're auto-required?

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It's documented that Puppet will auto-require certain resources, e.g. a (puppet-managed) directory that is a parent of a File resource, or a group resource referenced in a user resource.

If an auto-required resource has been declared as a virtual resource, is it necessary to explicitly realize that resource, or will the auto-require cause it to happen implicitly?

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1 Answers

  1. It seems that the answer is that virtual resources are not automatically realized if they're auto-required. The following manifest will result in a "No such file or directory" error:`

    @file { '/foo':
  ensure => directory
}

file { '/foo/test':
  content => 'this is a test file'
}

    but works fine if the virtual resource is explicitly realized with:

    realize File['/foo']
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